Speed+Skating

__Speed Skating__ __ The History __- Ice skating or speed skating goes back to over 1,000 years ago. Men and women laced animal bones to the bottom of their footwear and slid across frozen lakes and rivers. A scotsman invented the actual skate in 1592. The first organized race was in 1763 and held on the Fens of England. Speed skating started in the mid 1500’s and is now a featured sport in the Olympics. Speed Skating made its first appearance at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

__ Country of Origin- __ Speed skating originated in the Netherlands and Scandinavia. In the 1600’s it became a useful and popular way of transportation for the Dutch.